As if the issue of abortion isn’t debated enough in America — sex- selective abortion is the latest uproar. Is this a monstrous moral issue or, as some contend, just another back-door assault on abortion rights? Sex-selective abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based on gender preference. In May, the House rejected a […]
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The video of Karen Klein, the ridiculed 68-year-old bus monitor from the Rochester suburb of Greece has gone viral. Millions of people, apparently around the world, have watched the 10-minute clip of kids mocking Klein for her weight, sweat glands and choice in tote bag. She endured it and restrained herself throughout the entire ordeal. […]
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It seems as if every time I’m in public, I hear a profanity tossed into surrounding conversations. It could be the changing times, or a severe lack in vocabulary. Or could it be that profanities are becoming less profane? A small town in Massachusetts certainly doesn’t think so. Last week, Middleborough, Mass. enacted a swearing […]
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How much freedom does the U.S media really have? The U.S has fallen 27 places in this year’s Reporters Without Borders rankings, slipping from No. 20 to No. 47. William Collins of the progressive site Other Words attributes it to the crackdown on many photographers and reporters during the height of the Occupy Wall Street […]
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Statistically, racial groups that have come to be known as minorities (African American, Latino, Asian, mixed race and others) are becoming less of a ‘minority’ in America. As this shift continues, should there be a new term to replace “minority”? The United States has reached a drastic shift in racial demographics. For the first time […]
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Finders, keepers, losers — still get their 1$ million dollar lottery ticket back. We realize this happened a while back, but we were waiting for the court documents on the highly publicized lottery ticket case out of Arkansas to arrive before we asked for people’s thoughts. A judge ruled last month that Sharon Duncan, a […]
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The Walt Disney Co. brand is recognizable, inescapable and, arguably, powerful. Now, it’s bringing it’s clout to the obesity issue. By 2015, Disney’s TV channels, radio stations and websites will no longer be supported by junk food advertisements. As childhood obesity continues to rise, so do the health costs on society and governments. The numbers […]
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Should the word “victim” be used in court before the offender charged with a crime is proven guilty? Should a person’s accusers, especially in sex cases, be afforded special consideration before it’s certain they really are victims? Those are some of the questions behind a motion filed last week to conceal the identities of four […]
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(An earlier version of this story misstated that Garden State Equality CEO Steven Goldstein thought the sentence was acceptable. It should have said he found it unacceptable). If you find yourself torn over your reaction to the Rutgers webcam case, you are not alone. Gay rights leaders are unsure too, as the final decision has […]
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President Obama has recently faced criticism over his questionable relationship with the Supreme Court and its upcoming June decision on the Affordable Care Act. “I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress,” […]
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